After first acquiring Hughes, they debated continuing as a four piece with Hughes as both bassist and vocalist liner notes for the 30th anniversary edition of Burn.

After acquiring Hughes, they debated continuing as a four-piece band, with Hughes as both bassist and lead vocalist.

The deal has been complicated by the fact that News Corporation does not have the currency to acquire Hughes.

The General Motors Corporation acquired Hughes for about $5 billion; Ford was an unsuccessful bidder for Hughes.

In the 1980's, when G.M. acquired Hughes and Electronic Data Systems, there was talk of reducing its vulnerability to economic cycles.

He is also a partner in the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom, which helped G.M. design the special shares used to acquire Hughes.

G.M. acquired Hughes for $2.7 billion in cash and an estimated $2.5 billion of G.M.'s unregistered class H shares.

After Raytheon acquired Hughes in 1997, he became president and chief operating officer of Raytheon Systems Company.

In 1986, after G.M. acquired Hughes, he went to El Segundo, Calif., where the company was based, to be its chief financial officer.

As soon as EchoStar's deal to acquire Hughes was announced, it was clear that the deal would probably be rejected in Washington.